In the town of Bridgepoint, Anna, a German servant, bullies tradesmen on behalf of her mistress Miss Mathilda; Melanctha, a young Black woman, searches restlessly for love in a long affair with the doctor Jeff Campbell; and Lena, a docile German girl, is married off with little say of her own. Stein tells each life in rhythmic, repetitive prose.
Stein’s first published book, from 1909, a landmark of modernist style whose racial language reflects its time. Download the free EPUB.